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brykmantra said:

Wow, what a coincidence, I was just thinking about this movie today! I haven't seen it, but I heard about it when it was first made for Showtime (which we don't have). I was going to do a post updating my list of movies made in Iceland, and I can never remember the name of this one -- but I knew Nighy was in it (he was also Slartibartfast in "Hitchhiker's Guide"!), so it would be easy to look up.

The basic setup reminds me a lot of The Constant Gardener (which he was also in, also as a diplomat), in which a career diplomat is shaken out of his mental rut by a feisty love interest who's dabbling in international politics ...

But back to my original point: Iceland! Yay! clap

I really want to see this, but I don't think our local video store carries it. I may have to break down and go to Blockbuster (ugh!) ... rolleyes

May 27, 2006 10:45 PM

Rob said:

Glad you liked it, Kim.

It was made for HBO, brykmantra. It is a lot like The Constant Gardener. Nighy plays a perfectly stoic, shy and socially inept English gentleman to a T.

May 28, 2006 12:05 AM

NYCinephile said:

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Glad to learn that others have enjoyed this little-known movie. I felt it really dramatized people's need for connection, regardless of age or background.

I first became familiar with Nighy through his work in "Love, Actually". I've been struck by the range of his characterizations and the pleasure he seems to take in acting.

June 3, 2006 11:27 AM

brykmantra said:

Yeah, HBO, Showtime, whatever ... !

I had seen Love Actually, and some of his other movies, but it was Sean of the Dead where I actually became "aware" of Nighy (i.e., looked him up on IMDB to see what else he had been in).

That was a good character he played in L.A., too, though.

June 5, 2006 10:37 AM

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